Even though its season has been over for two weeks now, Rutgers suffered another loss.

Sophomore guard Malick Kone has reportedly decided to transfer from the Scarlet Knights program following the end of this academic year. The news was first reported by the website, TheRecruitScoop.com and later confirmed by Gannett New Jersey.

Kone's transfer marks the first from head coach Mike Rice's much-heralded recruiting class from his first year in Piscataway.

However, while the rest of his teammates from that class were able to find niches in Rice's system over the last two years, Kone never could. He averaged 9.7 minutes during his freshman season and 10.4 this past year.

Kone seemed to find something in the fourth game of this past season, when he scored 17 points in an 81-79 win over Boston University, but never could capitalize on it. He didn't see time in three games this year — at St. John's, at Notre Dame and at Connecticut. In fact, he scored just 25 points in the final 21 games of the season.

A 6-foot-5 guard, who arrived at Rutgers from the Blue Ridge School in Virginia, Kone becomes the third player to transfer from the Scarlet Knights since Rice arrived in 2010. Gilvydas Biruta and Austin Carroll — both recruited by former head coach Fred Hill — transferred from the program after last season.